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<dt><span class="term">arity <a name="arity"></a></span></dt>
<dd><p>
            The number of argumnts accepted by a function or member function. Unless
            otherwise specified, the hidden <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">this</span></code>
            argument to member functions is not counted when specifying arity.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">ntbs <a name="ntbs"></a></span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Null-Terminated Byte String, or 'C'-string. C++ string literals are
            <span class="bold"><strong>ntbs</strong></span>es. An <span class="bold"><strong>ntbs</strong></span>
            must never be null.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">raise <a name="raise"></a></span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Exceptions in Python are "raised", not "thrown",
            as they are in C++. When this documentation says that some Python exception
            is "raised" in the context of C++ code, it means that the corresponding
            Python exception is set via the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/exceptionHandling.html" target="_top">Python/'C'
            API</a>, and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">throw_error_already_set</span><span class="special">()</span></code> is called.
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<dt><span class="term">POD <a name="pod"></a></span></dt>
<dd><p>
            A technical term from the C++ standard. Short for "Plain Ol'Data":
            A POD-struct is an aggregate class that has no non-static data members
            of type pointer to member, non-POD-struct, non-POD-union (or array of
            such types) or reference, and has no user-defined copy assign- ment operator
            and no user-defined destructor. Similarly, a POD-union is an aggregate
            union that has no non-static data members of type pointer to member,
            non-POD-struct, non-POD-union (or array of such types) or reference,
            and has no user-defined copy assignment operator and no user-defined
            destructor. A POD class is a class that is either a POD-struct or a POD-union.
            An aggregate is an array or a class (clause 9) with no user-declared
            constructors (12.1), no private or protected non-static data members
            (clause 11), no base classes (clause 10), and no virtual functions (10.3).
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<dt><span class="term">ODR <a name="odr"></a></span></dt>
<dd><p>
            The "One Definition Rule", which says that any entity in a
            C++ program must have the same definition in all translation units (object
            files) which make up a program.
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